Joe Restagno invites Alamedans of all ages to the 7-mile, 2024 Family Fun Ride through Alameda's parks on September 14. Register online to join the fun!

https://alamedapost.com/op-ed/2024-family-fun-ride-with-alameda-friends-of-the-parks/

#alameda #AlamedaFriendsOfTheParks #arpd #BayFarmIsland #BayFarmIslandBridge #EastBayRegionalParkDistrict #ShorelinePark #WashingtonPark

Journey back through time at the Oakland Estuary, from the Ohlone people gathering resources to large-scale waterway projects. Dennis Evanosky explores the many people, entities, and decisions that shaped this estuary's evolution.

https://alamedapost.com/history/creating-order-from-chaos-the-oakland-estuary-part-1/

#alameda #AlfredAndrewCohen #BayFarmIslandBridge #estuary #history #oakland

US Marshals, with the assistance of Alameda Police, arrested a Pleasanton resident on September 6 in connection with the homicide of Rachel Buckner, whose body was discovered near Bay Farm Island Bridge on July 20, 2023

https://alamedapost.com/news/arrest-made-for-bay-farm-homicide/

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APD arrested two women for a violent June 25 robbery and released further details about the human remains found on Bay Farm Island July 20, stating the unidentified woman is suspected to be the victim of a homicide.

https://alamedapost.com/news/apd-updates-two-arrested-for-robbery-bay-farm-death-may-be-homicide/

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Did you know that Alameda's drawbridges are still operated manually? Bridgetender Robert Silva talks with Liz Barrett about the strange series of events during the February 2023 power outage that left multiple drawbridges stuck open.

https://alamedapost.com/news/bridgetender-shares-the-ups-and-downs-of-alamedas-bridges/

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